M1.8 earthquake 16 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska on Sun, Mar 19, 2023, 1:48 PM AKDT (21:48 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 9 km WSW of Cohoe, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-03-19 21:48:08 UTC
- Depth
- 58.4 km (36.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 59.637° N, 151.948° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.925 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 68 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.856 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 111 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.965 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 111 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.541 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 83 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.751 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 96 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.9Southern Alaska · 1295 days ago · 104 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.672 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 66 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.654 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 68 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.056 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 102 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.129 km S of Port Graham, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 52 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.269 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 120 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.033 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 68 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.037 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1294 days ago · 121 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.932 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 127 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.235 km WSW of Salamatof, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.847 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 68 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.943 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 124 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.738 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 79 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.046 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 76 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.673 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 113 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.659 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 109 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.849 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 92 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.017 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 60 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.162 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1293 days ago · 138 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Nikolaevsk, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.958 km WNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 90 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.744 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 74 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.068 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 107 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.048 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 131 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.142 km SW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 69 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.719 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 67 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.768 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 103 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.967 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 120 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.844 km WSW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 77 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.957 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 84 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.157 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 77 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.543 km W of Cohoe, Alaska · 1292 days ago · 84 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.0Southern Alaska · 1291 days ago · 117 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.041 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 42 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.868 km ESE of Pope-Vannoy Landing, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 96 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Fritz Creek, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.043 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 115 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.965 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 96 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.640 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 85 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.740 km WNW of Happy Valley, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 81 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.52 km WNW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.139 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 68 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.955 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 120 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.730 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 127 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.859 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 110 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.939 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1291 days ago · 126 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.848 km ESE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 108 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.7Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.010 km N of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 68 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.071 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.761 km WNW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.010 km E of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.670 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 120 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.055 km NW of Ninilchik, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 101 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.953 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1290 days ago · 105 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.115 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 54 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.72 km SW of Halibut Cove, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.1Kenai Peninsula, Alaska · 1295 days ago · 61 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.09 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 59 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.419 km SSW of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 65 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1,267 · tsunami flag
- 2.268 km SE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 96 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.030 km ENE of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 151 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.054 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 88 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.752 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 84 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.046 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.245 km E of Pedro Bay, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 114 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.238 km WNW of Clam Gulch, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 87 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.031 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 71 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.739 km W of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 88 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.973 km E of Port Alsworth, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 133 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.028 km WNW of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 65 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.622 km NNW of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 55 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.922 km NW of Fox River, Alaska · 1296 days ago · 45 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.846 km W of Nanwalek, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 71 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.54 km ENE of Kalifornsky, Alaska · 1297 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
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